Louis Schneider

In the fall of 1926, he entered AAA-sanctioned competition driving a car owned by racing enthusiast Mike Boyle.

[2] In 1930, he drove the "Bowes Seal Fast Special" eight cylinder front-drive and, after qualifying at 106.107 miles per hour (170.763 km/h), finished the race in third position.

In 1934, he was accompanied by Clay Ballinger of Indianapolis and Buddy Rusch and James Triplett of Chicago on a two-month racing trip to Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Schneider suffered a broken arm and facial bruises in a nasty midget crash while qualifying for a program at City Stadium in San Diego on April 3, 1938.

He died of tuberculosis on September 22, 1942, at age 40, after a three-month stay at Flower Mission Hospital in Indianapolis.